Wentang

Chapter 142
In the office, twelve teachers had already gathered, waiting for him, the dean, to arrive.

A total of [-] teachers were recruited before, but one of them resigned after finding a better way out, and the other two were dismissed for showing obvious hostility to the education reform when Yueshan was probing.

The remaining twelve people are all relatively young and have experienced hardships, and their backgrounds are not high, so they have no prejudice against other knowledge.

When he came to the office, Yue Shan didn't talk nonsense, and went straight to the topic:

"You may have guessed the purpose of this meeting, which is education reform. I divide the subjects I study into four categories. Chinese means the meaning of language and characters. Mathematics means the knowledge of numbers. Physics means the principles of everything. history……"

The twelve teachers below looked at Yue Shan attentively. Yue Shan had already revealed the concept of education reform to them intentionally or unintentionally.But these people have never known how to reform the law.

If ordinary people wanted to change it, they might dismiss it.But the dean of his family is the most famous magic stick in the Tang Dynasty... No, disciple of the gods, maybe he can really change something different.

As a scholar, who doesn't have some YY ideas.As the first witnesses and participants of the educational reform, perhaps they also have the honor to leave their names in history.

"The first thing to change in the education reform is the textbooks. Before we had Chinese studies, mathematics studies, and history studies. But there is no difference between Chinese studies and other elementary school studies; mathematics uses the ten classics of mathematics, which are too esoteric and difficult to understand; history textbooks It's just a historical record..."

Although Yueshan offered three courses when the academy was first established, the textbooks used were all available in this era, and there was nothing special about it.

This time he started with the subjects and teaching materials first.

He also thought about following the division of subjects in later generations to develop Chinese, mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, geography, and even logic and psychology.

But when I started to write the teaching materials, I realized that things were not that simple.

For example, biology, how can people of this era believe in bacteria and cells without any basis?And how to verify the existence of these things?Or let these children dissect carp, rabbit, and frog by themselves?
The same is true for chemistry. Without materials and utensils, how to write this textbook?Is it called chemistry to tell children that mixing nitrate, charcoal, and sulfur together in a certain proportion can produce an explosion when ignited?

Not to mention geography and geology. We cannot tell these children that nature generates soil at a rate of one millimeter per decade, and that human agricultural civilization causes soil erosion at a rate of one millimeter per year.

So from the day agricultural civilization was born, there is no turning back. Either break through agricultural civilization and move towards a higher civilization, or civilization is destroyed?

In the end, Yue Shan unified the chemistry, biology, and geography courses into physics, the theory of everything.After the conditions are met, they will be separated slowly.

This idea is actually borrowed from the natural subjects of elementary schools in later generations.Naturally, it is to mix simple and easy-to-understand things in subjects such as physics, chemistry, geography, biology, etc., to enlighten students.

As for logic and psychology... Forget it, he himself is a scumbag, although he has been exposed to these two subjects, he is only limited to the exams, and he will return them to the teacher after the exams.

Besides, what he wants to teach now is only a group of ten-year-old children, there is no need to make it so esoteric, the more basic the better.

So in the end he divided the subjects into four categories, Chinese, Mathematics, History, and Physics.Mathematics is subdivided into arithmetic and geometry.

Under the expectant eyes of everyone, Yue Shan beckoned Bao Dalin to bring in several stacks of books, and each gentleman handed out five books: "This is the new textbook I compiled."

Yue Shan had compiled these textbooks a long time ago, and even borrowed a batch of illiterate printers from Zhu Wuneng to print a batch of textbooks.

Don't wonder why an illiterate person can be a book printer.Those craftsmen saw the characters as pictures, carved them one by one on wooden boards, and then printed them into books.

I'm afraid most readers don't know that the printed books they buy from bookstores are made by a group of illiterate people.

"Everyone take out the Chinese textbooks and open the first lesson. Are you wondering what these unfamiliar symbols are for? Then let me tell you, they are called pinyin letters. What is pinyin..." Yue Shan began to introduce new symbols to these gentlemen. The characteristics of teaching materials.

As a time traveler, how could he forget the pinyin alphabet.It was first invented to eliminate Chinese characters, but ironically it has become the biggest contributor to the popularization of Chinese characters.

The success of literacy in China in later generations is due to Pinyin.Therefore, Yueshan's first round of Chinese teaching reform is not copying some three-character scriptures, but the pinyin alphabet.

As a history teacher, Yue Shan knew that a book that had a great impact on the Chinese language system was published during the Sui and Tang Dynasties: Qie Yun.

He also referred to this book when making the phonetic alphabet.So his pinyin system can be understood and accepted by people in this world.

Moreover, for the sake of cultural independence, he did not use the English letters that are familiar to the later generations, but 'created' a set of strange symbols.

As a traveler who has even used Martian script, it is not easy to 'create' a set of letters.

The twelve teachers knew the functions of the pinyin letters, and after spelling out a few characters under Yue Shan's guidance, they almost knelt down in excitement.There was only admiration in Yue Shan's eyes.

Although they are not very knowledgeable, they still have the most basic vision.Knowing that this Chinese textbook does not mention anything else, only the pinyin alphabet is enough to be recorded in the annals of history.

I have long known that the dean is not simple, but I did not expect to be so powerful. Following him may really be possible to make a name in history.I also look forward to the content behind the textbook.

The essence of Chinese textbooks is the pinyin alphabet, and there is nothing unusual about the content behind it.It is to select a few of the most classic and familiar fragments from the Analects, Mencius, Xunzi and other works for everyone to learn.

The mathematics textbooks also did not disappoint the gentlemen, and there appeared a large number of symbols that had never been seen before.

Numeral symbols Yueshan also did not use Arabic numerals, but 'created a set' by himself.

The biggest advantage of Arabic numerals is that they are easy to learn and have a high recognition rate, and can be applied to various equations.Following these characteristics, it is not very difficult to 'invent' a set of mathematical symbols.

The set created by Yue Shan cannot be said to be better than the Arabic numerals, at least it is more convenient than the capitalized one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four.

His real innovation in mathematics was the introduction of the vertical algorithm.In the absence of an abacus and a computer, there is no need to say more about the advancement of the vertical algorithm.

Anyway, our mathematical life from elementary school to university is inseparable from the vertical algorithm.

As for the innovation in the content of teaching materials, there are not so many innovations.

No way, who made our ancestors so powerful, the common mathematical calculation methods we used in later generations actually existed in ancient times.

For example, Jiujiugejue, which is a table of multiplication formulas, existed in the Spring and Autumn Period.We are indeed proud to think that young foreign friends in later generations will ask for help from computers even for single-digit multiplication.

(The math education in many countries does not recite the multiplication table, including the United States.)
There is also the decimal system. Our mathematics has been following the decimal system since the beginning of words.Marx praised it as one of the most wonderful inventions in the world.

Including the one-dimensional quadratic equation that we know, it actually existed in ancient China.It's just that it hasn't been popularized, or the calculation method is more complicated, not as simple as the later generations.

Yueshan's new textbook uses brand-new mathematical symbols to reorganize these contents, making them more systematic and easier to learn.

Even so, this mathematics textbook has epoch-making significance.If it is spread out, its status will surpass the long-spread Ten Classics of Mathematics and become the Bible of Mathematics.

In Longshoushan Academy, this book is only an enlightenment textbook for primary school students.

As for the deeper binary linear equations, binary quadratic equations, sequence statistics, etc., they are all follow-up courses.Right now, what he compiles is only equivalent to the textbooks of later generations' elementary schools, which are not used.

As for calculus.Well, what Yue Shan wants to say is that he didn't learn this stuff when he was in college, he didn't understand it at all.Let's leave this honor to future generations.

The content innovation of geometry is relatively large. Although the Pythagorean Theorem existed in ancient China, it has always been a shortcoming in terms of expansion and practical application.

Yueshan's geometry is not too esoteric, it is the ones in the elementary school mathematics textbooks of later generations.The sum of the interior angles of a triangle is always equal to 180 degrees, the area perimeter formulas of triangles, circles, squares, rectangles, trapezoids, rhombuses, etc., various theorems of parallel lines...

A little more esoteric is the surface area and volume formulas of various cubes.

As for the parabola, coordinates, etc., he still needs to recall them again, and he hasn't written them yet.

But even such a simple geometry book has epoch-making significance for Datang.

The history books are also very simple, that is, they simply and accurately divide the historical era.The life stories of some big shots are mixed in the middle, and a simple analysis of the impact of some major events is made.

If you really want to talk about the bright spots, the only bright spots are these analysis, which seem so unique and thought-provoking.

Of course history is not that simple, but again, this is just a textbook for a group of ten-year-old children, there is no need to make it so profound.

Physics textbooks, this can be regarded as a natural textbook for primary schools.Well, a little more esoteric than elementary school nature textbooks.

Yue Shan listed out some phenomena that he knew were simple and easy to understand and could be tested under the existing conditions.

For example, small hole imaging, this experiment that Mozi and his elders have already discovered; brine tofu; the effect of force is mutual, the force area, friction force exist, different objects have different densities, different masses, different melting points, different liquids The buoyancy is different; the ice is made into a concave lens and a convex lens can gather and astigmatize light, and the colorful light phenomenon of the prism...

Put these things together and it becomes a textbook for physics.

The shock that this book brings to you gentlemen is the greatest.Only then did they realize that what was previously regarded as common sense actually contained such a profound truth.

If Chinese, mathematics, and history textbooks are meant to enlighten elementary school students, then this physics textbook is an enlightenment for all the gentlemen present here.

The principle of all things, it turns out that this is the principle of all things.It seems that the dean has a big plan.

Everyone is not stupid, although they can't guess what Yue Shan wants to do.But through the book of physics, I still got a glimpse of the tip of the iceberg.

Even this corner shocked all the teachers.

After introducing the teaching material, after everyone recovered from the shock, Yue Shan said: "In the next period of time, everyone will continue to teach according to the original curriculum, and don't use the new teaching material. I will teach you the content of the new teaching material first. Wait until you are familiar with it before teaching it to your students.”

"Yes, Dean Xie." The twelve gentlemen got up together and saluted.

They should thank Yue Shan. These four courses contain too much new knowledge, and it is a unique knowledge that can be passed down to the family.Yue Shan passed it on to them without asking for anything. This kindness is really great.

In addition to these four courses, physical education is also listed as a formal course.There is no major change in the teaching content for the time being, just standing in line and exercising, and courses such as Cuju, riding and archery will be carried out in the future.

For the time being, the physical education teachers will be held by their own Fanghe in rotation.

I will skip this one.

Of course, Yueshan's education reform will definitely not be that simple.Textbooks are only a part, there is also the reform of the entire academy management system.

"In view of the subdivision of subjects, I plan to divide the entire teaching staff into four groups: Chinese, Mathematics, History, and Physics. The purpose of grouping is to hope that you can specialize in academic subjects, and you can study the subjects in charge of the institute together." Yue Shan continued said:
"You can join whichever group you want to teach. Once you are sure that you are not allowed to change at will, so you must choose carefully. Don't rush to make a decision now. It's not too late to make a decision after you finish learning all the contents of these books."

"The school will also add the Office of Academic Affairs, the Office of Political Education, and the Student Union. The Office of Academic Affairs is responsible for assessing the knowledge and teaching quality of all students, and formulating teaching plans..."

"The Department of Political Affairs and Education is responsible for maintaining the discipline of the academy and ensuring the normal operation of the academy..."

"The Student Office is a student self-government organization. In the future, we will only have more and more students, and it will be difficult to manage them all by the husband. Therefore, it is necessary to select a group of outstanding talents from among the students and let them assist the husband in managing the students. At the same time, this It is also an exercise for the students..."

The Office of Academic Affairs, the Office of Political Affairs, and the Student Union are all new things to people in this era, but their functions are all well understood.

Gentlemen who have just experienced the impact of textbooks quickly accepted this new management model.

The meeting lasted all morning before Yue Shan barely explained the education reform to everyone.

He didn't say any more after that, let everyone digest it first, and talk about it tomorrow if you have any questions.

The meeting is over, and Yue Shan's busy time has just begun.

Adding a new department means recruiting people, and how to recruit suitable assistants is a headache.

But there is one more important thing than recruiting assistants, and that is to go to see Li Shimin with the education reform plan and new textbooks.

He will never forget his other purpose of working so hard to adapt and write teaching materials: to obtain the right to teach the prince.

(End of this chapter)